please com, nothing join us, lia campbell. [cheers and applause] -- please, come on up and join us, linda campbell. >> this is an amazing day. you are an amazing sight. my name is linda campbell. i'm a military veteran of 25 years. [cheers and applause] i know that the spirit of my spouse, nancy, is smiling here with us today. nancy and i were together for 17 years, domestically partnered twice. tried to marry three times. once in san francisco, once in portland, oregon, once right here in washington, d.c. we finally were able to marry in canada. [cheers and applause] for 12 years, nancy suffered with metastatic cancer, and the sight of that frequent chemotherapy treatment. she died this last december. last month, nancy and i became the first lesbian or gay couple ever to receive approval to be buried together in one of our nation's national cemeteries. [cheers and applause] our country is changing, and it's my hope and expectation that other loving couples will see their union in such a way very soon. i recall during the last